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By population, Taran ranks #5 of 99 villages in Jokihat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Taran is a village of 10,739 people in 2,165 households (Census 2011) in Jokihat block, Araria district, Bihar, the 5th-largest of 99 villages in Jokihat block. Literacy is 38%, 3 points below the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 865 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854311, served by Araria post office; the LGD village code is 222136. The sarpanch is SHAHID, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 12,661 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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